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(No Model.)

H. G. GOZZINO. HAT SUPPORT FOR THEATER CHAIRS.

Patented Jan. 11,1898.

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UNITED STATES PATEN HARRIETTE GROSS OOZZINO/OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-SUPPORT FOR TH EATER-CHAIRS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,266, dated January 1 1, 1898.

Application filed April 13,1897. Serial No. 632,014. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRIETTE Gnoss Coz- ZINO, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Hat-S upport for Theater- Chairs, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a hat-support for theater-chairs so constructed that when the support is not in use it may be carried to a position close to the back of the chair, in which position it will not interfere with the passage of persons between the rows of chairs.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the hat-support that it may be 6X7 peditiously and conveniently drawn out from the chair to receive a hat or brought to aposition, as above stated, close to the chair.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a portion of I the back of a theatenchair, being also a front elevation of the improved device. Fig. 2 is a section taken substantially on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, in which the device is shown as close up to the back of the chair. Fig. 3 is a section taken substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a section similar to that shown in Fig. 3, the device being drawn out to the position for the reception of a hat.

An opening or bore 10 is made in the back A of the chair, preferably near the top, and in this bore or opening a hollow cylinder 11 is introduced, being open at both ends, and usually the cylinder is provided at its outer end with an exterior thread 12, although the thread may be omitted, the thread serving to assist in maintaining the cylinder in position in the chair; but the cylinder is securely fastened to the chair through the medium of the flange 13, formed at the outer end of the cylinder and adapted for engagement with the rear face of the chair-back. This flange 13 extends both outwardly from the cylinder and inwardly also, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The flange is attached to the chair-back through the medium of screws 14 or their equivalents.

Within the cylinder 12 a second cylinder 15 is telescopically arranged, the inner cylinder having an outwardly-extending flange 16 at its inner end, which when engaged with the inwardly-projecting portion of the flange 13 of the main cylinder limits the outward movement of the inner cylinder. At the outer end of the inner cylinder 15 a frame 17 is constructed, of any desired shape, and in this frame a looking-glass 18 is secured, the frame being screwed to the inner cylinder.

In operation when it is desired to use the device the inner cylinder 15 is drawn outward, carrying the frame with it, as shown in Fig. 4, providing a perfect support for the reception of the crown of the hat, and when the device is not needed the frame is simply pushed backward, causing the inner cylinder to telescope within the outer one, and the mirror 18 in the frame 17 will enable a person to ascertain if the hat is on straight or if the hair is in order after the hat has been removed.

The device is very simple, economic, and practical and may be readily adapted to any style of theater or other chair.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A hat-support for theater-chairs, consisting of the cylinder'12 formed at one end with a flange 13 extending both outwardly and inwardly therefrom, said cylinder being arranged to be inserted in the back of the chair with the outward portion of the flange flush with said back and formed with openings to receive screws or the like, an inner cylinder 15 fitted to slide within the first-named cylinder and havingla flange 16 at its inner end arranged for engagement with the flange 13 to limit the outward movement of the cylinder 15, and a frame 17 screwed within the inner cylinder at the outer end thereof, as and for the purpose set forth.

HARRIETTE GROSS COZZINO.

Witnesses:

J. FRED. AGKER, Evnnnnn BOLTON MARsHALL. 

